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Stay clear of Edo APC primary – Obaseki tells Oshiomhole
Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has told National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to stay clear of the party’s primary for election of…
Edo 2020: Three PDP Governorship aspirants obtain nomination forms
Three governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Gideon Ikhine, Kenneth Imasuangbon, and Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama have obtained nomination forms. The three aspirants picked their forms hours before…
INEC mulls scrapping bye-elections over rising cost
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that it will soon open engagement with the National Assembly on the rising cost of conducting…
Altered certificate: Tribunal orders Bayelsa D/Governor’s appearance Thursday
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Tribunal has ordered that the state’s Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Oborawharievwo Ewhrudjakpo appears before it on Thursday to…
My relationship with Oshiomhole still frosty – Obaseki
There is no agreement between the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on the mode of shadow…
Edo 2020: Oshiomhole meets APC governors, insists on direct primary
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has insisted that the party will conduct the forthcoming governorship primary in Edo state using direct…
Tinubu Meets APC Governors, Promises Fair Primaries in Edo, Ondo
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, yesterday met with eight governors of the party over the impending governorship primaries for Edo and…
2023: Lagos PDP asks INEC to disqualify Governor Sanwo-olu, APC for Electoral Act breach
The Peoples Democratic Party, Lagos State chapter, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu from the 2023 election. The PDP…
Edo primary: APC govs to meet Tinubu over Obaseki
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are scheduled to meet with the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The meeting, which is…
Abdullahi Enilolobo emerges new chairman of APC ‘Mandate Group’ in Lagos
The leaders of the Mandate group, the biggest and most potent group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State have taken steps to reorganise and restructure the group ahead the…
Edo women endorse Obaseki
Women from the three senatorial districts of Edo State have endorsed the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki. The women declared their support for the governor on Thursday during…
Edo poll: can Obaseki win APC primary?
Former Edo State Education Commissioner Gideon Obhakhan examines the factors that will shape the All Progressive Congress (APC) primary in the Southsouth state If I were Governor…
Edo Guber: I’m in the race to develop Edo, serve my people – Ize-Iyamu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu on Wednesday said his ambition to govern the state was primarily for…
BREAKING: Ize-Iyamu collects APC governorship form
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu on Wednesday collected the nomination form for the governorship ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja. Edo…
Oshiomhole’s faction of APC picks Ize-Iyamu as Edo gov consensus candidate
Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a pastor, has emerged the consensus governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) faction of Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the party.…
Ondo Guber: ‘We have no deal with Akeredolu’s deputy’ – PDP
The Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to allegations of handing the party’s governorship ticket to the state deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi. Rumours have been making round that Mr Agboola is making moves to…
Masks, sanitisers, thermometers coming to polling stations – INEC says
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu said COVID-19 poses health challenges to the electoral process. He stated that in order to…
COVID-19: INEC to receive names of Edo, Ondo guber candidates online, says e-voting will begin in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will adopt electronic platforms for the submission of nomination forms by political parties in the Edo and Ondo governorship…
Governor Obaseki Runs To Tinubu Ahead Of Edo Governorship Primaries
Ahead of governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress, the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has sought audience with the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola…
JUST IN: Tribunal dismisses Wada’s petition, affirms Bello as Kogi governor
The Kogi state governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja has affirmed Yahaya Bello as the winner of the 2019 election. Bello polled 406,222 votes to defeat Musa Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled …
Tribunal affirms Yahaya Bello’s election
The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello and his party Friday recorded another victory at the Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja. This time it was in a petition…
Oyegun lied, No automatic ticket for Obaseki – Edo APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State loyal to the National Chairman of to Party, Adams Oshiomhole on Thursday rubbished claims by former National Chairman of the party,…
Edo, Ondo polls to hold – INEC
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the September 19 and October 10 scheduled dates for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states will be met,…
SOUTHWEST, NORTHEAST AND THE PRESIDENCY
Recently a political group of 10 Northern APC organizations called upon the All Progressives Congress (APC) to present a ‘new young face’ from the Northeast as its Vice-Presidential…